The war against boys

As much as I am an advocate of gender equality, I loved Sommers’ The War Against Boys because the research shows that girls are outshining boys in the classroom and in extracurricular activities.  They are the ones stepping up to the leadership roles in the national honor societies and student government.  Girls are more committed to their schoolwork exhibited by their preparation for class.  More women are even going to college.  Judging by the number of girls I know who are active in clubs and succeed in school, I am not surprised by this research.  This strive for success could be attributed to the fact that boys have reached their plateau, while girls still have something to prove.  Some boys have become complacent in their search for success.  Perhaps they see themselves as being the standard by which everyone else lives, and they do not even realize that women are closing the gap.  I do find it interesting that there seems to be a greater gap between the intelligence levels of males or as James Q. Wilson put it, “There are more male geniuses and more male idiots.”  Could it be that competition and the drive for success can cause men to go to either one extreme or the other?  When something interferes with success, two different characters emerge.  One says I will overcome this and be stronger because of it, and the other says forget it.  I’ll do something else.  I think this type of reaction to an obstacle defines both men and women but maybe this is a source for the huge gap in the intelligence level of males.  Some will give up, make jokes about it, and blow it off as it was no big deal.  These men seem to be the ones who don’t care.  If they can’t be the best, they will make fun of those who strive to be the best, when in reality this is a reaction to the jealousy that they are experiencing.

On another note, I was looking up gender differences online and I found the most appalling site I have ever seen:  http://www.menarebetterthanwomen.com/.  This site should be considered illegal.  This pathetic excuse of a man, Dick Masterson, degrades women like I could never have imagined.  He refers to women as cows in his blogs and in reference to women owning houses he said, “A woman owning property is like giving a monkey a dog on a leash. It doesn’t mean the monkey has a pet. It means some idiot tied a dog to a monkey.”  Well if that doesn’t fire you up ladies than I don’t know what will.  Excuse me while I go throw up in disgust after reading his blogs.